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To: P.T.Burnem who wrote (3629)	12/11/1997 7:00:00 PM
From: PHG	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10227

PT: To explain NXTL with a common sense approach. Do you remember when most people had one TV and an antenna on their roof. Even with a rotor they were lucky to receive 13-20 stations, with a one time cost of $125. How different it is now. It costs so much more now. But we have large screen TV's with a very sharp picture, stereo sound and 100+ stations to choose from and more. Remember the rotary dial telephones with no memory or pushbuttons. No redial, call forwarding, or caller idea. Would you go back to save the difference in money you pay now? The bottom line is convenience and service. Once you experience it, its hard to do with out it. Cost becomes secondary to Time and Convenience. NXTL at the present time is not targeting the everyday consumer. Understandable some people will not relate to the advantages of NXTL until they have hands on experience. I not sure if NXTL needs to be the most valuable player to share in the glory of success. PHG

To: P.T.Burnem who wrote (3629)	12/11/1997 7:06:00 PM
From: Satellite Mike	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10227

Multiply 3,000 (simultaneous phone conversations) times 5,000 towers (and growing fast). That comes to fifteen million simultaneous conversations. How much could a network like that generate per minute? When (not if) better digital technology becomes available (software change), capacity will compound. Direct Connect is six to one already. 15MHz X 6 = the same as, that's right 90MHz of analog capacity (with no eavesdropping). That's almost double of all the nation's analog capacity (25MHz X 2), and without the 8 cents connect fee to Ma Bell. Your the one who's cheesy. So short it and take your worthless reasoning elsewhere.

To: P.T.Burnem who wrote (3629)	12/11/1997 7:26:00 PM
From: Arnie Doolittle	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 10227

"McCaw has invested in several high-risk ventures and he can afford to lose it all. Can you?" Yes, but he won't and neither will I. This company could be sold in a New York second for more than its current market cap. I don't know anything about the # of simultaneous phone calls per cell site. Is there anyone else on this thread with the technical know-how who can address this issue? Let's see, you say 3000 simultaneous phone conversations is max per cell site. IOW 6000 people. Now is that analog or 3:1 iDEN tdma? And NXTL now has over one million iDEN customers. Gosh, they must be almost out of capacity. NOT! But for now let's take your numbers. NXTL had 2,400 cell sites in June and they have 3,600 more planned. (Of those, as of June 3,050 were already zoned and 3,300 were leased.) Again as of June, they expected to have 4,500 cell sites by the end of 1998. Those numbers have probably increased since then. In other words, by the end of 1998, NXTL will have a theoretical limit of 13,500,000 simultaneous calls if all cell sites are maxed out. When all 6,000 cell sites are installed, the max increases to 18 million. Since each call requires two parties, double those numbers (or is that what "full duplex" means?). And how many customers would NXTL have to have to even approach these capacity numbers? Double or triple that amount? Or more? Ney, there's plenty of capacity in NXTL's system. Now how much money would a buyer pay for a little ol' company with such limited capacity? If this is cheesy, please pass the cheese. ADVANTAGE NEXTEL. Nice try though. Arnie